Rental Scammer - [email protected]

roben greg <[email protected]> wrote :

Hello ,

Thanks for your interest in wanting to be my tenant. I am looking for a responsible & clean tenant that will be able to take good care of my apartment because I work as architect (Building Designer) and I do travel a lot. Presently I am in United Kingdom for a project and I don’t know when I will return back to Belgium that’s why am looking for a Tenant who will live in the apartment and take care of it as i don't want to sell it. The apartment is available for long term and short term lease is also accepted.
The apartment is located at Avenue de la Brabançonne 18, 1000 BrusselIt is furnished but if you need it unfurnished, i can order for the furniture be moved to storage. The rent is inclusive of the below listed utilities:
• High Speed Internet
• In-Suite Laundry
• Large in-suite storage
• Cable
Its a spacious and lovely 2-bedroom 2-bathroom furnished apartment, Utilities are included and Pets are allowed. Kitchen completely equipped, Kettle – Toaster – Dishwasher – Freezer – Microwave – Oven – Dryer – Heat – Water – Washing Machine and Electric.
I want you to note that I am a kind and honest man and also I spent a lot on my property that I want to give you for rent, so I will solicit for your absolute maintenance of the apartment and I would want you to treat it as your own, I would like you to keep it tidy all the time I also want you to let me have trust in you as I always stand on my word, the rental fees is € 400 per month, i require first and last month rent. As i am in United Kingdom with my work, we will use a real estate agency who will handles the delivery of the package to your address in Belgium and the other aspects of the transaction.
Find attached, some of the interior pictures of the apartment for you to know what the inside looks like.http://postimage.org/gallery/9lgrw25a/I will wait your reply as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Roben Greg

This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or MoneyGram to an escrow company with a promise that he will send the keys through a courier company.

Sounds safe. It's not!
The emails claiming to be from the company are fake.
The scammer is using the name ASSET Real Estate along with a fake domain, assetagency.tk in order to back up his story.

At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.

In either case, if payment is made and you give this person the details, they will collect the money.
You will not hear from them again.

All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.

If you are reading this because you are looking for property to rent, and you are in contact with this thief you are probably searching Craigslist, Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment before viewing, then it will also be a scam. Please forward the mail to me at the address in my signature line and I will investigate and list them if necessary.

The web site assetagency.tk is in the process of being reported for fraud.